Ocheyedan, Iowa– An Owatonna, MN man’s passenger was taken to a hospital after an accident near Ocheyedan on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office reports that at about 4:30 p.m. , 49-year-old Edwin Luhda of Owatonna, MN, was driving a 2016 Chrysler minivan southbound on Highway 59 at the state line. They tell us that 23-year-old Esmelda Del Camen of Windom, MN, was also southbound on 59 in a 2012 Chevy Cruze in front of Luhda.
The report says that Del Carmen made a left turn onto 100th Street — the state line road — and Luhda was unable to slow in time and rear-ended the Del Carmen vehicle.
An ambulance took a passenger in the Luhda vehicle, 47-year-old Wanida Luhda, to Osceola Regional Health Hospital in Sibley.
Luhda’s Chrysler minivan sustained $10,000 in damages, and Del Carmen’s Chevy Cruze sustained $500 in damages.
Luhda was charged with failure to reduce speed to a reasonable and proper speed, and Del Carmen was charged with driving without a license.
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